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In tackling the latter half of the 1960s, it turns out, “Mad Men” bit off a little bit more than the series can comfortably chew.
Series creator Matthew Weiner always sounds a trifle exasperated, as he did in a Los Angeles Times interview, when people nitpick and endlessly analyze his Emmy-winning show. Of course, one suspects he’d be even unhappier if they didn’t care enough to bother.
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Still, one of the things that made the program so intoxicating when it premiered — back when the action took place in 1960 — was the opportunity to re-litigate fallout from that decade (which politicians continue to do to this day) through a decidedly not-rose-colored prism.
Yes, those were the good ol’ days, “Mad Men” made clear, if you were one of the white ruling Masters of the Universe; not so much if »
- Brian Lowry
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